25a, Sutherland Road, Brighton, BN2 0EQ

25a is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 0EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 42 m² this is the 8th smallest of 42 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–148 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 4 certificates since July 2020. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 41 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2021 for £269,950. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£597/sq ft) was about 119.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.